Habakkuk 1:6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
Cross-reference
Habakkuk 1:9 continues describing the Chaldeans' violence and captive-taking, expanding the portrait begun in 1:6.
In Habakkuk 3:16, the prophet trembles at the coming invasion foretold in 1:6, showing his response to God's revelation.
Jeremiah 6:22 predicts a people from the north, matching the 'marching through the breadth of the earth' Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 25:9 calls Nebuchadnezzar God's servant sent against the land, directly paralleling the raising of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 6:23 details the cruel, armed invaders, directly paralleling the description of the Chaldean army in Habakkuk.
Deuteronomy 28:49-52 warns of a foreign nation oppressing Israel — the same curse enacted by the Chaldeans raised up here.
Jeremiah 5:15 explicitly describes the nation from afar as judgment, identical to the Chaldeans raised up in Habakkuk.
Jeremiah 4:6 warns of disaster from the north, the same invasion by Babylon that Habakkuk announces.
Jeremiah 1:15 announces God summoning northern kingdoms against Jerusalem, exactly the 'raising up' of the Chaldeans here.
Isaiah 39:7 specifies royal sons taken as eunuchs to Babylon, fulfilling the same judgment described here.
Isaiah 39:6 prophesies the Babylonian exile of Judah's treasures, aligning with the coming judgment by the Chaldeans in Habakkuk.
2 Chronicles 36:17 narrates the Chaldeans destroying Jerusalem — the bitter nation of this verse in action.
2 Chronicles 36:6 describes Nebuchadnezzar's invasion — the 'raising up of the Chaldeans' realized in history.
2 Kings 24:2 records the Lord sending Chaldean bands against Judah — the historical fulfillment of this prophecy.
Jeremiah 10:22 describes a great commotion from the north making Judah desolate — same invasion as the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 13:20 calls to see those coming from the north — the same Babylonian invasion Habakkuk announces.
Jeremiah 21:7 delivers Judah into Nebuchadnezzar's hand, showing the same judgment by the Chaldeans.
Ezekiel 21:31 refers to 'brutal men' skilled in destruction, echoing the ruthless Babylonians from Habakkuk.
Ezekiel 23:22 has God stirring up Babylon as 'lovers' against Judah, mirroring the raising of the ruthless nation.
In Jeremiah 21:4, the Chaldeans besiege Jerusalem as God's instrument, echoing Habakkuk's raising them up.
Jeremiah 1:16 gives the reason—Israel's evil—for the judgment that Habakkuk declares God is bringing through Babylon.